Amid the swirl of efforts to end to the Ukraine war and normalize US-Russian ties, one idea under consideration: lifting sanctions on a massive Russian investment fund, whose chief is the Kremlin’s main go-between with White House negotiators. What is the Russian Direct Investment Fund anyway?

A Russian drone struck a railway station in Dnipro, killing at least 14 people and injuring others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack hit a platform where a passenger train bound for Zaporizhzhya was standing.

Serbian voters dealt Moscow a blow, while rising tensions with Kyiv cast a shadow over expected trilateral talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Doubts about the Kremlin’s intentions and deep divisions over territory in the Donbas cloud prospects for progress.

A Russian attack on Ukraine's eastern city of Dnipro killed at least 14 people and injured more than 10 others, according to Ukrainian officials, as a fragile cease-fire around Russian-occupied Oleshky entered its third day on October 29.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that technical-level talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States aimed at ending the war will take place in Abu Dhabi between November 6 and 10.

A military airfield in Crimea has been transformed into a hub for drone launches, new satellite images sourced by RFE/RL show. We spoke to one Crimean military insider about why Ukraine has been unable to take the site out of action.

Residents fleeing Russian-occupied Oleshky describe hunger, soaring food prices, and threats from Russian soldiers. Cut off from supplies, civilians risk mines and drone attacks to escape. Now, a proposed cease-fire could open a humanitarian corridor for those still trapped in the Ukrainian city.

The US-negotiated cease-fire aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky took effect in the early hours of October 27, shortly after Russian air attacks struck Kyiv, hitting a university dormitory and other civilian sites and killing at least one person.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is stepping up efforts to defend Ukraine, challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to ease restrictions on Russian energy imports and demanding guarantees that Kyiv will retain access to critical American military and intelligence support.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Starshield satellite communications system had returned to its previous operating speed following restrictions that had disrupted Ukrainian military operations.

RFE/RL joins Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade on a dangerous route to Druzhkivka where Russian drones target vehicles and troops. Only a few thousand civilians remain inside the battered frontline city as Russian bombs devastate homes and Ukrainian forces hold the line.

The Kremlin has heavily invested in the promise that retreating Arctic sea ice opens up a once impassable route that is further from the reach of Ukrainian drone attacks or European naval interdiction of shadow fleet vessels. But officials are learning that cutting a path through ice isn't easy.

Amid growing controversy over restrictions on Ukraine's use of Starlink satellite Internet services, which its military relies heavily on, US President Donald Trump claimed that the company's head, Elon Musk, had lifted limitations on Kyiv's access.

A viral video of two Ukrainian border guards’ violent pursuit of a man trying to cross the Dniester River into Moldova has highlighted a route Ukrainians use to escape Russia’s war and the prospect of fighting in it. In this case, all three men ended up in Moldova – and the guards were detained.

Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired teacher from Michigan held by Russia since 2022 on accusations of joining Ukraine's armed forces, has been freed in what is being framed as a goodwill gesture by the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow was willing to resume stalled, US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said after the two met at Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin’s secluded residence near Russia’s Lake Valdai is surrounded by fences, security forces, and air defenses. Just kilometers away, locals face restricted access to the lake and surrounding forests, while families bear the cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will take part in meetings in Oslo to discuss the situation in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russia continues to pound the country amid growing tensions between Kyiv and Washington.

Last week, a Russian military satellite came “exceptionally close” to another Finnish-operated satellite that provides intelligence to Ukraine. “It’s concerning and aggressive with potential hostile intent – but I also think cooler heads believe it is signaling on the part of the Russians.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would continue efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine, warning that the conflict risks escalating beyond the two countries as he met with Central Asian officials in Uzbekistan.